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Leaders including President Barack Obama of the United States of America, United Kingdom’s Prime Minister David Cameron and President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday condoled with South Africans over the death of the first black president of South Africa, Dr. Nelson Mandela. Reacting to Mandela’s demise, Obama described the South African leader as “a man who took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe towards justice.” Obama, who spoke some minutes after Mandela’s death was announced, said Mandela’s life had inspired his own historic path to the White House. “And like so many around the globe, I cannot fully imagine my own life without the example that Nelson Mandela set. And so long as I live, I will do what I can to learn from him. “Through his fierce dignity and unbending will to sacrifice his own freedom for the freedom of others, Madiba transformed South Africa and moved all of us. “H...

Born in 1918, Nelson Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1943, as a law student. He and other ANC leaders campaigned against apartheid (white-only rule). He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964, but was released in 1990 after 27 years in jail on Robin Island as South Africa began to move away from strict racial segregation. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and was elected South Africa’s first black president in 1994. He stepped down after five years in office in 1999. After leaving office, he became South Africa’s highest-profile ambassador, campaigning against HIV/Aids and helping to secure his country’s right to host the 2010 football World Cup. He was also involved in peace negotiations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and other countries in Africa and elsewhere.

Freedom fighter, statesman, moral compass and South Africa’s symbol of the struggle against racial oppression. That was Nelson Mandela, who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead his country out of decades of apartheid. Here are some of his inspiring quotes: “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. “There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. “Our struggle for freedom and justice was a collective effort…it is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it. “Out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a ...

July 1, 2013: ASUU began a nationwide strike over alleged Federal Government’s refusal to implement the agreement between it and the union over unpaid entitlements. August 6: The Federal Government team led by Benue State Governor, Dr. Gabriel Suswam had a failed meeting with ASUU officials at the office of the SGF as the teachers insisted on the implementation of the 2009 ASUU/FGN agreement. August 18: Meeting between striking university lecturers and the Federal Government ended without a resolution of the crisis. August 20: Jonathan met with the Federal Government’s officials engaged in the negotiation with ASUU at the Presidential Villa, decided to lead another negotiation with the leadership of the union. August 20: FG approves N400 billion for infrastructural development in Nigerian universities. Aug 20: ASUU threatened to pull out from the Presidential Committee on the Implementation of the Committee of Needs Assessment of Nigeria public Uni...

Today the Federal Government gave the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), one week ultimatum to call off the lingering lecturers' strike. The acting Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, stated this while briefing journalists in Abuja. It was gathered that the government has also ordered Vice Chancellors of Universities to declare the jobs of the striking lecturers vacant as from Wednesday, December 4. Wike called the ongoing varsity teachers’ strike as “act of sabotage.” “The continuation of the strike despite several meetings, especially with President Goodluck Jonathan is an attempt by the union to sabotage all efforts by government to address the issue," he said. The minister disclosed that government has met all its commitments and obligations with respect to the agreement. According to his words, government took the decision to reopen the universities following ASUU’s new conditions which are “not tenable. ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said they would suspend strike within 24 hours once the resolutions reached with President Goodluck Jonathan on November 4 were accepted, which ought to be today. The Union, however, described the statement credited to the Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, that ASUU was making new outrageous demands as “untrue and absolute lie”. ASUU’s position was made known by the National Treasurer, Dr. Ademola Aremu, in an interview with The Nation in Ibadan on Wednesday. The Union said it asked Jonathan to facilitate the endorsement of resolutions reached with him and signed by high ranking government official preferably the Attorney-General of the Federation but not a Permanent Secretary. ASUU said their representative of the body, including the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Abdulwahid Omar, would stand as witnesses. Aremu also said the striking lecturers wanted the N200 billion agreed upon as...

The Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities on Tuesday called for the immediate re-opening of all shut down universities across the country. This is contained in a communiqué signed by the committee’s Chairman, Prof. Kimse Okoko, released in Abuja on Tuesday. The communiqué was issued at the end of the committee’s meeting to discuss the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other issues affecting the Nigerian University System. It stated that the call for the re-opening of the universities was unanimously agreed by all Pro-chancellors in the interest of the country. The communique directed all the Vice- Chancellors to comply with the decision. It commended the efforts by the Federal Government to address the major issues that led to the strike and lauded the personal intervention of President Goodluck Jonathan in the resolution of the dispute. It also expressed satisfaction with the outcome of...

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The President of the Trade Union Congress, Mr. Boboi Kaigama and the Acting General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Chris Uyot, on Monday, called on the Federal Government to accede to the demand of striking university lecturers by paying their salary arrears from July to October, 2013. Both Kaigama and Uyot, who spoke in different telephone interviews with our correspondent, said that the issue at stake was too serious for the government to endanger with a minor issue as the withholding of the salaries of the striking lecturers. Kaigama said that the lecturers should have been paid their salaries as going on strike did not mean that they were no longer entitled to their salaries. He explained that the union went on strike because the Federal Government failed to implement the 2009 agreement reached with the university lecturers. He added that it was not the lecturers’ fault for embarking on the strike, saying the story would have been diffe...

ABUJA — The Federal Government, yesterday, condemned the new conditions which Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU , insists must be met before the five-month old strike could be called off. The three conditions were payment of four months salaries, which accumulated during the period of the strike; immediate implementation of the N1.2 trillion offered by the government to public universities, starting with the release of N100 billion this year and the balance of N1.1 trillion to be spread over five years from 2014. The union also demanded that the salary arrears must not be paid in piecemeal. These were some of the resolutions reached by members of the National Executive Council, NEC, of the union that met in Kano on Friday. Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike , condemned the new conditions but assured that he would present them before President Goodluck Jonathan. EBSU breaks ranks, recalls students Meanwhile, the management of Ebony...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is likely to hold its postponed National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Friday. After a wide spread rumored NEC meeting last week. ASUU is expected to decide whether or not to suspend the indefinite strike it began four months ago. It is however unclear if the NEC will still be held at the Bayero University, Kano where it was initially proposed to hold. ReporterTimes garthered that The leadership of the Union postponed the scheduled Kano NEC meeting following the demise of one its key members, Festus Iyayi, a former President, who died last Tuesday in a ghastly motor accident on his way to Kano for the postponed NEC meeting. He died along the Abuja-Lokoja highway in an accident caused by the convoy of Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada. The Union also urged the public to ignore speculations that ASUU has called off its NEC indefinitely, explaining that the Union only postponed the NEC meeting as a mark of honour a...

BlackBerry has introduced the new BlackBerry® Z30, BlackBerry's most advanced smartphone so far into the Nigerian market. It features the BlackBerry® 10 OS version 10.2. The new smartphone comes with a 5" display and the largest battery yet on a BlackBerry smartphone. Key features include: BlackBerry® Priority Hub - BlackBerry® Hub to manage all conversations and notifications. Makers say it collects priority messages across email, social networking and other accounts and gives instant access to important conversations and focus on important tasks. BBM ; with the Z30, users can get a preview of any message as it arrives in whatever app being used, and immediately dismiss it or tap it to read the full content and respond. 5" Display which also houses many top of the line components, including a 1.7 GHz processor with quadcore graphics, Stereo Audio and BlackBerry® Natural Sound which the company says is a new technology exclusive to th...

These ladies are definitely making the money. Madonna and Lady Gaga tops the Forbes list of highest paid musicians in 2013. Check out the top 25 list below: 1. Madonna - $125 million 2. Lady Gaga - $80 million 3. Bon Jovi - $79 million 4. Toby Keith - $65 million 5. Coldplay - $64 million. 6. Justin Bieber - $58 million 7. Taylor Swift - $55 million 8. Elton John - $54 million 9. Kenny Chesney - $53 million 9. Beyonce - $53 million (tie) 11. Sean "Diddy" Combs - $50 million 12. Sir Paul McCartney - $47 million 13. Calvin Harris - $46 million 14. Jennifer Lopez - $45 million 15. Roger Waters - $44 million 16. Muse - $43 million (tie) 16. Rihanna - $43 million (tie) 18. Jay Z - $42 million 18. One Direction - $42 million (tie) 20. Dr. Dre - $40 million 20. Red Hot Chili Peppers ($40 million, tie) 22. Rolling Stones - $39 million (tie) 22. Katy Perry - $39 million (tie) 24. Tim McGraw - $33 million (tie) 25. Pink - $32 million (tie) 25. Tiësto - $3...

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A man in Nairobi saw an ad in the paper for an “almost new” Range Rover Sport, in excellent condition – price Ksh.5000 (N10,000). He was certain the printers had made a typographical error, but even at Ksh.50,000 it would have been a bargain, so he hurried to the address to look at the car. A nice-looking woman appeared at the front door. Yes, she had placed the ad. The price was indeed Ksh.5000. “The car,” she said, “is in the garage. Come and look at it.” The fellow was overwhelmed. It was a beautiful Range Rover Sport and, as the ad promised, “nearly new.” He asked if he could drive the car around the block. The woman said, “Of course,” and went with him. The Range Rover drove like a dream. The young man peeled off Ksh.5000 and handed it over, somewhat sheepishly. The woman gave him the necessary papers, and the car was his. Finally, the new owner couldn’t stand it any longer. He had to ...

Latest developments indicate that the five-month old ASUU strike, may be called off over the weekend. A source who pleaded anonymity, told newsmen that the National Executive Council, NEC meeting, which was suspended indefinitely because of the death of Late Professor Festus Iyayi, a former president of the Union, maybe be reconvened on Saturday. He said that Iyayi’s death brought shock to the Union, especially as he was on his way to official assignment and the ASUU had to put the meeting on hold to honour him. “There is strong indication that the NEC meeting will be reconvened on Saturday,” he said. When asked if the strike will actually be suspended, he said: “I think so, judging by reports from the Monday congresses we held simultaneously, the union may suspend the strike on Saturday or Sunday.”

Already, chairmen of local chapters of ASUU are converging on Kano, preparatory to the meeting, from where a positive resolution is being expected. Chairman of one of the federal universities in the South-South, who did not want his name mentioned, said the strike “may be suspended on Saturday.” “Many of the chapters are disposed to ending this strike, which has cost us all a full semester. “As I speak with you, we (chairmen) are on our way to Kano for NEC meeting tomorrow (today).” Asked if the strike would be suspended, he said: “I think so, judging by reports from the Monday congresses we held simultaneously. We may suspend the strike on Saturday or Sunday.” He, however, admonished government to ensure that it honoured its promise so as not to return the university system to this “sorry past”. This, of course, formed the basis for the Monday congresses and today’s “decider” NEC meeting. Th...

Lokoja – The remains of former ASUU president, Prof. Festus Iyayi, who died in an auto crash on Lokoja-Abuja road, were on Wednesday moved from Lokoja to Benin by his relations. The Chief Medical Director, Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, Dr. Paul Amodu, told newsmen that the late professor’s younger brother, led other relations to collect the corpse at about 12 noon. He said that the team also comprised officials from the University of Benin, saying that the corpse was conveyed in an ambulance of the Federal University, Lokoja. Amodu said that the late Iyayi was brought in dead to the hospital few minutes after noon on Tuesday. He said that the National Welfare Officer of ASUU, Dr Ngozi ilo and Dr Anthoni Emina, were also brought to the hospital with various degrees of injuries and fracture. The medical director said that the possible cause of late Iyayi’s death might be a left rib injury which, he said. penetrated into his heart. He...

Forbes Magazine just released their list of the 50 Richest Africans 2013 and Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote is placed at No.1 with a net worth of N20 billion. Africa’s richest are getting richer. In 2003, Forbes counted only two billionaires in Africa – Nicky Oppenheimer and Johann Rupert, both of South Africa, now there are over 50 of them. See the rest after the cut...

The shortlist of five candidates for the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year award has been announced by the BBC Today, November 11, 2013, Monday. Nigerian Footballers Victor Moses (Liverpool, on loan from Chelsea) and John Mikel Obi (Chelsea) are joined by Burkina Faso's Jonathan Pitroipa (Rennes) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon (Borussia Dortmund). The list also includes Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure (Manchester City), who has made his fifth consecutive appearance in it. The winner will be decided by African football fans, who have an opportunity to vote for their choice until 18:00 GMT on November 25, Monday. The winner will be announced on December 2, Monday, at 17:35 GMT on the BBC's Focus on Africa radio and television programmes. No player on this year's shortlist, drawn up from votes by 44 journalists across Africa, has won the BBC award before and two – Pitroipa and Aubameyang – are the first nominees from their respective count...

San Francisco: Apple and Samsung return to a California court on Tuesday for another round in the blockbuster patent trial between the two biggest smartphone makers, Agence France Presse reported. A jury trial will reconsider damages awarded last year in the case stemming from Apple’s allegation that its South Korean rival illegally copied technology from the iPhone and iPad. The new trial became necessary after a judge cut some $450m from a damage award of more than $1bn to be paid by Samsung. Judge Lucy Koh, in her ruling in March, affirmed the remainder of the award, amounting to $598.9m. But a new trial must be held to reconsider some of the allegations. Apple accused its rival of massive and willful copying of its designs and technology for smartphones and tablets and won the landmark case in a jury decision in August 2012. But the case has been on hold pending multiple appeals. The California case is among several pending in courts and administrativ...

Budding songstress, Chidinma Ekile has denied being the one in the séx tapé that has gone viral on the Internet. The séx tapé that has been trending on the social media feature a lady who had a striking resemblance to the popular Miss Kedike. Many thought this was a mere attack at the singer’s thriving career while others believed this new development would ruin her career. To this allegation, Chidinma cries out with a response that has completely set things back to normal “I didn’t make any séx tapé o, I have no idea where that tapé is from and I am still a vírgin o!” She has also promised to sue the people who made this slandérous tapé.

If you are a guy reading this, you have probably noticed that, instead of opting for a nice and calm partner who would treat her right (you), the girl usually chooses a 'bad boy'. If you are a girl, then you probably are wondering why you are attracted to and end up with a man who treats you badly. We've tried to come up with sensible reasons why this happens, but you are very welcome to add some new insights on the matter in the comments! 1. Not real. Nice guys are too nice. No one can always be that nice unless they're a saint. They are busy being nice instead of being real and women instinctually don't trust that. Bad boys "keep it real." Nice guys don't want to upset the apple cart. 2. Respect. No one respects a doormat. Nice guys don't set boundaries or make any real demands. A bad boy doesn't let a woman walk all over him or control him. Women can't respect a man they can control. No respect equals no attractio...

You could say it again: the negotiations over the last Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, were perhaps, the most arduous in the history of strikes in Nigeria. Initially, the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, did not want to be involved directly. He only wanted to do so through proxies. It started with Governor Gabriel Suswam- led universities Needs Assessment Implementation Committee and later Namadi Sambo-led mediation committee, none of which succeeded in brokering agreements that could bring an end to the strike. Much later, the Senate led by its President, David Mark, dismissed the 2009 agreement between the Federal Government and the striking union as unrealistic, while the House of Representatives offered to approve a budgetary intervention to enable ASUU end the strike. The Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who was briefed by the Aminu Suleiman- led House Committee on Education asked to investigate and recommend solution appealed to the...

This is the latest trend in town! Nigerian youths and even celebrities are now doing the BGEL (‘Baddest Guy Ever Liveth’) stance. The idea originates from the indigenous rapper, Olamide. The artist posed with his arms widespread, fingers pointing downwards and dressed in a roman-like outfit on the cover of his latest album. A lot of people have just been posting their own pics rocking the same outfit and stance. Would you take on ‘Baddest Guy Ever Liveth’ trend? If yes, feel free to share some of the photos of yourself with the same pose. Or maybe you think this trend is useless and unimportant? Check out some of the posts by Olamide's 'followers' below:

"The grand initiation of Professor Festus Iyayi is a lancinating loss of another stentorian voice, against retrograde and prebendal forces of primitive mercantilism. That he passed through transition on matters pro bono publico, bears eloquent testimony to our state of dystopia. Such is the evanescence of life.Its all vanitas vanitatum"

Indications have emerged that the Academic Staff Union of Universities may call off the over four-month-old strike on Thursday. Barring a last-minute change, the National Executive Committee of ASUU will meet on Wednesday night to consider the position of the congresses of the over 50 public universities on the offer made by the Federal government to revamp the institutions. The union met with a Federal Government team led by President Goodluck Jonathan last Tuesday in Abuja. The ASUU leadership, after briefing the zonal coordinators on the offer, had directed the local branches to organise congress meetings between Friday last week and Tuesday (tomorrow). This is to enable all the lecturers to make input into the action the union would take after its NEC meeting on Thursday. However, feelers from most universities that had organised their congresses revealed that ASUU would suspend the strike after the Thursday NEC meeting. In some universities, including ...

Does She Like You? Does She like me? Does She Like Me?…. How do you know when she likes you? It is a question pops up in lot of people’s mind, when they are very close with someone they like or someone they want to have a relationship with. How to Know If She Likes You? Well, let’s see the best signs that can help to understand & assess the bond between both of you. Today I’m going to share with you the top 10 signs which indicate that a woman is interested in you. signs she likes you. Take into account that some women are more social than others. Let’s observe how she interacts with other people before being sure of what she feels or does with you. OK. Let’s begin. 1. She turns to look at you If you walk by, or you look at her, and if she looks back, it is an interesting sign which tells that a woman is concerned. If she looks into your eyes is even better. But be aware that some woman will give you looks because of there...

Jonathan made the announcement at a special reception in honour of the victorious Golden Eaglets, held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The President announced a cash reward of N2 million to each of the team’s 19 players. Jonathan also gave N3 million to the head coach, Manu Garba, and N2.5 million each to the two assistant coaches, Nduka Ugbade and Emmanuel Amunike . The team’s doctor, physiotherapist, secretary, and the Chief Technical Officer were rewarded with N500,000 each. Also, the Team Co-ordinator, Media Officer and Curator were given N300,000 each. The President also said that the players, all their handlers and some key officials of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club would be given national honours at a later date. Jonathan, who described the cash rewards as ”very very little tokens” from the federal government, urged state governments, the private sector and public-spirited individuals to follow th...